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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-05-14
PUNoENT PARAGRAPHS.

An agricultural paper tells how tn
make a hOt-bed. The Old-fashiOned
way was to use warming pam
Journal Of Education.
The young man who sang '.HOw
Can Leave Thee?' left her very sud-
denly when the bulldog came tearing
round the house.
"A correspondent asks: ''Is it wrong
to cheat lawyer" First cheat the
lawyer, and then we will answer the
conundrum.-Proridence Telegraph
Just published for amateur bands
the Golden Crown Band Book" is an
advertisement. And yet some old
maxim maker foolishly said that silence
was golden.
New servant-"I was two years in
me last place, num-" Mistress-''O. that
speaks well for you. Where was it?"
New servant-"In the reformat0ry,
mum. Puck.
-Peronella Maguffer writes to in
quirc. "What is fugitive verse;"
Fugitive verse, nowadays, Peronclla. is
that which makes the author fugitive
from avenging editors.
-"John." said the honest grocer to
the new apprentice. '.you needn't mind
covering up those sugar barrels while
sweeping the store. A little dust
doesn't hurt sugar and adds to its
weight" t."-Philadelphia Herald.
"A man who broOds over his troubles
is like hen on nestful of back num-
bered eggs. There's only one chance
in hundred that he will ever hatch
any thing. but he keeps busy at it Just
the same Merchant Trdccicr.
The Ups and Downs
In life we meet with JOY and woe,
Whereer on Garth we go,
Amixture Of the good and bad
Fate wills Il should be so.
Just In the flush Of our success
Reverses kill our JOY,
But few Of US have the ups and downs
OF the elevator boy.
AT the Club-'.Upon my soul. Orb
son. you are the dismalest company
know Of since that Brown girl gave you
your congo. Inever saw a fellow take
the mitten so wretchedly." "Wretch-
edly! Haw! Wetched isn't a nam~
faw it. You can. aw, fawncey how
wetched am when l tell You l. aw.
don't cayaw . wap how my, aw.
bweeches fit me. ~ To,On Topics.
Omaha Boy-''Say. sis. you know
Mr.. Nicefellow begged your pardon for
steppin' on your dress an tearin' big
hole in it?' Omaha Miss-..Well, what
Of itf'. "An' you said it didn't matter
bit, an you was glad Of it?'' YES"
''Cause you liked to sew. an you didn't
know what you'd do with yourself Il
you hadn't any thing to mend?' ''Well.
what Of it, l say?' 1T wasn't Mr..
Nicefeilow that stepped on your dress.
It was me-" O. you horrid. awkward
little wretch! I'll skin you alive
ODsah0 World
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-05-14
W. G. kENTZEL, Editor
NY LOVE.

Her eyes are like the stars OF night,
Her voice like music thrills my heart
Her step upon the stair so light
Makes al my fervid pulses start
her dark brown hair is tinged with gold,
No form but hers has such . grace:
She is pleasure to behold,
Like sunlight, cheering every place.
But far above these charms OF earth
is her sweet soul, that from her eyes
Shines where no sin hath ever birth,
living proof that never dies.
To lofty heights OF wealth and fame
MY gentle maid doth not aspire,
Yet, when beside some artful dame,
You long for her whose charms ne'er tire
And when you gaze in her bright face,
And note her sweet confiding air,
You'd hardly think that you could trace
A brave and steadfast spirit there
But so you can; and thus I know
That she III be true in spite OF all:
For why. doth not her whole life show
priceless love that naught can pail:
Emily v Duncan.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-05-14

There are many oranges Of curious
shape and hsvor we seldom or never
see in this country. Such are the pear
shaped kind grown in the far East; the
orange of the Philippines. which is no
larger than . good-sized cherry; the
double orange, in which two perfect
oranges appear. one within the other;
and the fingered citron Of China. which
is very large. and isplaced on the table
by the Celestials rather for the ex-
quisite fragrance than for its favor
CAurck Messenger.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-05-14
FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS
TWO LITTLE STARS.

Two dariings-Bess and Helen
Arc cunningest Of sisters;
Full often they make mimic play
OF entertaining vis'ters;"
OF .'going TO church" il may Be,
In Sunday school sweet singing;
Such quiet looks, and folded books
To Sabbath service bringing.
Some ready vestment serves them
Toplay their little parts in:
Now. grandma's gown, now grandpa's brown
New coat, they'll try their arts in
Or. Just . simple towel
Will do mantle's duty;
sWith border pink, really think"
Says Bess, lit IS . beautyw
"Tis very. very funny,
To note their acted graces-
The comic talk, the tragic walk.
The smiles. and the grimaces,
With which these charming children
Play caller" and play '-preacher:"
Or quaint essay kate Greenaway;"
Play school and quote the teacher;
sMiss Hearem has much trouble"
SAYS Bess, with girls she's ruling
For tAis dolls good. but Gh6 ones rude,
And Barbara's scarce worth schooling"
One day, she said, all dressed up
In nneTy-this midget
"'Tis my day out" We could but Shout
For, 10! there fiaunted Bridget
Sometimes trailing garment
With gracious air and tender,
Is donned TO show mamma, you know
In al her lovely splendof.
No tone OF voice, or manner
OF matron. child, or maiden.
Is lost ON Bess: no speech, no dresos
But she will masquerade in.
And after her trots Helen,
Her toddling imitatOr,
Whose years are three-s wee thing, SnAs
But still .'star," to mate her.
These two dear Thespian players
Recall to us, full sweetly,
How very straight should be the gait
That's mimmicked so completely!
Mrs. Nary B. Dodse. n Wide Aroks.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-05-14

The skeleton of . beast which must
have been as large again As Jumbo has
been dug up in Lorain County. Ohio.
He is supposed to have died 1000 years
ago. probably having got tired Of wait
ing for Columbus to come and discover
him.-Detroit Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-05-14

Some Of the boys, just for fun, got
an old darky to run for burgess, at
Sharon. Pa On election day he ap-
peared ON the streets mounted on .
white horse. which was loaded down
with bells and red. white and blue rib
bons, while his rider was logged out in
white plug hat, linen duster. and COW
cred with ribbons. The joke took 80
well that he came within few votes Of
being elected.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-05-14

-Of the present destroyers Of the
Indians. according to DR.. Washington
Matthews. the chief is consumption.
Census returns show that while the
death-rate among Europeans is 1874
per thousand. and that among Africans
ID 1913. the rate among the Indians is
no less than 2S.6; and that, while
among the whites 166 deaths in the
thousand are from consumption, and
among the negroes 1876. there are 266
among the Indians.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-05-14

The Government Of South Austria
liz has completed vermin proof fence
along the entire boundary between that
colony and Victoria Il il ma1e Of
woven galvanized wirc and i 5w the
purpose oe keeping ont EaheitA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-05-14
A FINE ART"
Begging Considered by q Clergy
man in This Light

4 Young Man '.SeekinE His Aunt"-A Gel n-
tlemAnly Unfortunate-Thc Ex-Pris-
ON Convict Who Had IRE
formcd"-SOund Con-
clusiOns.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-05-14

What may be done It any time will
Be done It no TINA
The Labor enquirer., 1887-12-31
Socialism At Oxford.
London Justice.

London Justice.
Socialism in a school magazine
is certainly novelty. The fol-
lowing is from the Magdalen Col
lege School (Oxfof0) Joxynal.
1T has from the first been our
ambition to deepen dissatisfaction
with the existing order Of things.
Here in Oxford we belong to !
society, critical, polite, Indifferent,
selfish even to the affectation of
selhshness, witty, cynical, very
nearly amusing-but absolutely
prosaic, cool of heart and of head,
sceptical of sacrifice and enthusi-
asm, sceptical above all of itself.
= = = How shall we run tilt
against this age of conquering
selfshness2" "By becoming So
cialists," he answers. "We have
dropped the economics of the in
dividual, Of liberty, of right. We
are now taking up the economics
Of society, of discipline, Of duties.
** \ If wealth is social in its
origin and in its destination. it is
no less so in its transmission.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-12-31
Hyndman's Impression Of Carnot.

In a leader in 1asate of the
latest date H. M. Hyudman writes
the following very significant par
agraph regarding the new presi-
dent of France:
A middle-class republic being
still unavoidable in France, every
day that brings US nearer to the
centenary of the Great Revolution
of the last century will strengthen
President Carnot's position. The
intrigues of the factions will break
to pieces against a man who. while
setting his face against all at
tempts at reaction. allows free
outlet to the growing Socialistic
tendencies of the French proleta-
riat, and there is every reason to
hope that President Carnot will
act in this sense.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-12-31
Milwaukee Beer Boycotted.

THE national executive COM
mittee of the Brewers National
union of the United States" has
issued a circular calling on organ
lied labor to boycott all beer
brewed in Milwaukee. This ac-
ton on the part of the brewers
association is taken to compel the
Milwaukee brewery proprietors to
treat with the Brewers union.
The New York Central Labor
union. the German trades unions
and the American Federation of
Labor have endorsed the stand
taken by the journeymen brewers.
All persons who believe in
standing by the men who are en-
deavoring merely to obtain fair
treatment from the beer barons of
Milwaukee, are requested ito abb
stain from buying Milwaukee
beer, or beer made from scab
malt, until the brewers organiza-
ton is acknowledged"
The Labor enquirer., 1887-12-31

my father that hatred of. shams
and hypocrisy, and from my
mother, that = Bpathy that ! find
II impossible gto feel for every
form Of suffering. and which has
impellcd me to try t. do some
thing toward alleviating it, and
believe, now, to-day, even with
this great shadow hanging over
me. that l was fcstqnate in having
snch a father and mother. When.
! think Of those who have no,
higher ideas Of human life than to
make money, that if my lines had
fallen in different places | could
do great deal more, In my
early home life was sown the germ
of that philosophical character
which some people have given me
credit for possessing in late years.
| received my early educationina
small private school. A great
deal Of my early life was spent in
a factory, of which ! could write
volumes, but limited space will
not permit. But ! will say this:
! think. that if the devil has a par
ticular enemy whom he wishes to
numerically torture, the best
thing for him to do would be to
put his soul into the body of a
Lancashire factory child and keep
him as child in a factory the
rest of his life. think that
would satisfy the love of cruelty
of.his Satanic Majesty"
The Labor enquirer., 1887-12-31
Sixty.Ave Cents per Day.
Providencs People.

EIOVtUcuCO GoOpics
The strike on the sugar planta-
tons in Louisiana has resulted. in
the death of nearly ascore of men.
The state has at great expense
kept the military in the field.
What was it all about1 Listen, we
will tell you: The negroes we're
paid tickets-not transferable
upon the store, either owned by
the planter or where he could get
the best per cent for his custom.
Their wages are sixty-6ve cents
per day, except during the grind
ing season when they get 81 a
day. Their average earnings did
not amount to $3.50 a year. Out
of this sum they must support
themselves and families. For the
goods they have to pay double
price. They asked for SIPS per
day during the grinding season.
This was refused. They struck.
In order to help the planter save
this twenty-five cents a day. for
the fifty days of the grinding sea-
son, the state expends thousands
of dollars and sacrifices score of
lives. Shame on such brutality!
The Labor enquirer., 1887-12-31
ry, perhaps running lines parallel

try, perhaps running lines parallel
with them.
Supposing the government were
to borrow this amount at 3 per
cent interest per year. The inter-
est per year would amount to
s37,5oo,ooo. Suppose the roads
expenses to be the same as at
present the government would
clear the SI,I25.ooo.oo which
now goes to New York and En-
glish hnanciers. minus the S37,-
5000, interest on the debt made
to build these roads, leaving
as a net gain for first year 81 ,o87.-
100000. In a little over a year
the entire system would be paid
for and tariffs reduced to such a
rate that you would now laugh
were | to mention them. The
amount that might be stolen
would not amount to nearas much
as is now annually spent by these
corporations for influencing legis-
lation. This amount is always
credited to the expenses of man.
agement, etc.
So long as this government
manages postohices, common
schools, ETC., we'll, and other gov
ernments control railroads, tele-
graphs, expressage and theatres
successfully we need have no fear
of mismanagement on this score,
but ask for more cooperation.
F. H. M.
DENVER, Dec. IS, ~.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-12-31
Clerks Benevolent Association.

The Clerks Benevolent .associ-
alton held its regular meeting at
Meets hall on Sunday last. Off
GERS for the ensuing six months
were elected as follows:
President-Lee J.NSchiff.
Vice president-D. M. Leahy.
Recording secretary-E. H.
Dayton,
Financial secretary-Lew Cane.
Treasurer-C. E. Scobey.
Two hundred applications for
membership were received and6f-
teen new members were inflicted.
The next regular meeting of the
association will be held at Neefs
hall on next Sunday tomorrow
afternoon.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-12-31

ton and victory in this country
can and will be achieved in the
near future. If thus the Peoples
ticket is crowned with success and
the subsequent elections will be
carried by the Peoples party un-
der the impulse of the uni6cation
of the workingmen, then in about
three or FIVE years. we will have
the majority in congress as we'll
as in all legislatures. and conse-
quently have then the power to
abolish all laws which favor the
few and replace them by wise
laws for the welfare of the whole
people, and in such forms and in
such simple language that every
one of common sense can under
stand them and the law
yers cannot interpret in many
ways for the sake of their busi-
ness and to the detriment of liti-
giants.
And so progression will 60 on
increasingly until all mankind has
merged into one brotherhood and
sisterhood and be elevated to such
a harmonious, moral and unselfsh
state that then there will be no
more strife and no more crime,
so that human laws, courts, pris-
ons. insane asylums and gibbets
will be known but as relics of a
barbaric past, and Gods laws of
nature only rule by a wise use of
the same by all mankind. An
archy is then supreme.
The ballot box is the only battle
field where you have to meet your
enemies! Do away with the talk,
"the ballot box is a fraud; we
have tried it but election frauds
have won the day again and again
it is of no use to vote" Yes,
i is..true the hsiict box has be-
come a fraud, a amUckcfy IN the
hands of corrupt politicians and
unscrupulous Office seekers with
the help ftheir servants, hirelings
and loafers. But who is to blame
for this awful state of things3
Not the form of government and
laws, but the people alone who
don't care to vote instead of that
every citizen should consider it
his first and holy, patriotic duty to
cast his vote at any important
election understandingly So
those corrupt parties are not to be
blamed to do their business we'll
and they do it tmarvelously we'll,
indeed. in their own selfish interest,
while they attend to the interest
and welfare of the people and the
country only in so far as it is nee
essary for their own selfish pur-
pose and agrandisement. B. K.
SAN Francisco, Dec. q.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-12-31
DENVER, Dec. IS, ~.
Organized Hypocrisy.

Labor Signal.
The orthodox church people are
aghast at the boldness Of Prof.
Hailmann, superintendent of the
public schools, who preached a
sermon in the Unitarian Church,
in which he said that the organized
pawer, as exhibited BY assemblies,
synods and soon, Is a. organized
hypocrisy where there is an
amount of irreligion that is appall-
ing; that one Of the most disgust
ing things is that of driving bar
gains with the Almighty to come
into the church if He will do GER
tain things for us.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-12-31
Despite the Gibbet sr Siberia.

VIENNA, Dec. 26.-A correspon-
dence sheet published in this city
asserts that it has received a ci-
pher dispatch stating that another
attempt has been made on the
life of the czar. that he was
wounded and that a revolutionary
movement has broken out in St,
Petersburg
The Labor enquirer., 1887-12-31

Discord in union may prove
fatal to its continuance. Use War
ner's Log Cabin Hops and Buchu
Remedy for stomach troubles. and
expell the discordant element in
your health. $50 doses tor 81.
All druggists.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-12-31
Gree America" Can Give Them Points,

BERLIN. Dec. 27.-The Prussian
and German departments of JUS
tice have commissioned Judge
Ashcroft to study and report upon
the American system of judicial
procedure with view Of making
it the basis of new system by
which Socialists and other obnox-
ious persons can be successfully
d ealt with in Germany.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-12-31
Students Plotting.

ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. 24.-The
universities of Charkoff and Odes-
sa have been'closed owing to con-
spiracies among the students.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-12-31

People be damned. Vanderbilt.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-12-31
|SAM'L. |. FIELDEN, |
a Man Whose Big Heart
IS as Tender as q
child's.
He INHERITED RADICALISM.
The Philosophy Of Righteous Action
Was With Him . Life
Study.

Social Science.
Samuel Fielden was born on the
twenty-6fth day of February, in
the year IS47, in one Of the most
beautiful valleys of England at
the town of Todmorden, Lanca-
shire. Todmorden is manufac-
turing town. The hillsides of this
valley are studded with small
farms; and about mile back are
the moorlands. His father,
Abram Fielden, was a weaver by
trade. The Fielden Brothers
mills were the largest in that part
of the country, and they contained
1000 looms. His father was a
man of powerful physique and
stood nearly six feet. He was a
man of more than ordinary intel
ligence. and generally acknowl-
edged to be person oi deep
thought, with whom few cared to
cross swords in an argument.
Samuel Fielden says: Il remem-
Der that the most intelligent peo-
| pie of our acquaintance instead of
going to church on Sunday used
to meet at our house to discuss
politics. relieina. .pnd all Yu1 1iects
fpeft ftsinisg eesial and political
life. These meetings carried on
in the rich Lancashire accent
contained a peculiar charm for me
and gave me my first taste for the
study of Sociology. l used to
wonder how they knew SO much.
My father was a peculiarly elo-
quent conversationa1ift, and the
recital of the mos MARY Incl
dent from his lips e charm
of romance. When ten hour
movement was being agitated in
England, my father was on the
committee of agitation in my ma
tive town. ] have heard him tell of
sitting on the platform with Earl
Shaftesbury, John Fielden, Rich
ard Otler and other advocates of
the cause. He was an earnest
admirer of the principles advocat-
ed by Fergus CConner. He was
also one of the incorporators oi
the Consumers Corporation Soci.
ETY. in the town of Todmorden
and one of the officers of that so.
ciety for a long time. He wa:
also one of the share owners ir
some cooperative manufacturing
establishments of that vicinity
He was one Of the prime mover.
in the Odd Fellows Benevolen
Society. Although my fathel
was severe man, there seemed te
be a sort Of freemasonry between
him and the children of the neigh
borhood. They all loved hin
dearly. He was staunch sup
porter Of every measure for the
relief of Irish peasantry from the
lgreed of the foreign blood-sucker:
1.-The English landlords. My
mother died when was ten years
old, and only remember her as a
sweet, patient, little dark eyed wo.
man with. pleasant face; hel
maiden name was Alice Jackson
my first great sorrow came with
her death. don't think the worlc
is ever as bright after so great q
loss. Although but a child wher
she died. the lines of Cowper or
the death of his mother came
home to me, oh, so forcibly at
times:
"'But while tie wings Of fancy still are free
And l can take such mimic views Of thee
Time has bat half succeeded In his theft.
Thy self removed. thy power to sooth me
| left.'
The Labor enquirer., 1887-12-31
PLEA FOR UNITY
Anli-Land- Monopoly Claimed
as the First Stone
For The
FOUNDATION OFA new PARTY
A Convention should BE Called and
All Producers Asked to Send
Delegates.
Editor Labor Enquirer.

Editor Labor Enquirer.
1t is very timely and import
ant proposition-that of the Chi
cago Enquirer to unite the work.
ingmen on some cardinal ques-
tions of universal interest and well
fare, on which they are not
divided, suspending all other spe-
cial or local questions for the
time, for the purpose of nominat-
ing thereon candidate for the
presidency Of the United States,
to be elected in 1883. The Won
derful progress the laborers have
made IN these fifteen or twenty
years to attain and build up an un-
conquerable stronghold against
their bitterest enemy, the money
power, gives strong hope of sue
cess Of such an effort If now en-
Enthusiastically and judiciously
acted upon. All the other reform.
atory propositions for the better
ment of humanity that have been
agitating the civilized world
Tor about fifty years have been
everywhere suppressed by tyr
amy but not killed. because they
are indestructible. being founded
on Truth Maelsiad- was not yet
qualified for it, but it has steadily
progressed and will and must
sooner or later triumph over all
obstacles,
For the accomplishment of the
grand ideal of Communism and
Anarchy humanity must ere have
progressed to an almost angelic
state Of perfection, To this it
may gradually advance In thou
sands Of years.
What questions, then, should
|, constitute the platform on which
' to enter into the next presidential
campaign' First--Anti-monop-
oily; second-Limitation of owner
ship of land; third-Only citizens
and inhabitants as such, of the
United States, be entitled to own
land. These are the main vital
questions for the people in general
and the laborer in particular; they
involve all the other objects of the
laborer's cause-inclusive of the
one suggested by the Chicago
Enquirer, namely: government
ownership and operation of rail-
roads and telegraphs," which are
the most stupendous ofall monop-
olieS On that platform it is to
be expected that the whole peo-
pie will be aroused to vote the
Peoples ticket except the monop-
olists, the capitalists and the great
landowners. Thus our free gov
ernment will be made what its
noble fathers had intended it to
be that is, "a government of the
people, by the people and for the
people, but instead it has become
Almighty machine in the hands of
set OF corrupt, unscrupulous and
designing men against the inter
est welfare and freedom of the
people.
a convention should be called
on such platform and all associ-
atoms of laborers and of the So
called middle class, under what
eVeI name they may exist-So-
S'a''s's' Anarchists. Knights of
LABOR, labor unions, lodges of
O'u Fellows, Sons of Herman,
urangers' etc. and be invited to
SEND delegates. 1t is just the
proper time to try in this wise the
moral will power of the working
n and the people in general;
.or only through the instrument
|'''y OF the form and laws of our